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Synonyms
Phil·is·tine (fĭĺĭ-stēń, fĭ-lĭśtĭn, -tēń)

[From Middle English Philistines, Philistines, from Late Latin Philistīnī, from Greek Philistīnoi, from Hebrew Pəlištîm, from Pəlešet, Philistia.]

noun 

  1. A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century b.c.
    1. A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values.
    2. One who lacks knowledge in a specific area.

adjective 

  1. Of or relating to ancient Philistia.
  2. Boorish; barbarous: “our plastic, violent culture, with its philistine tastes and hunger for novelty” (Lloyd Rose)